If you joined the game last week, find number 5 on your CC Spin #30 List! That’s the CLASSIC you are challenged to read by 7th August.
We know it can be hard to stay on track and enthused about your Spin Book for the whole journey. We plan to provide support and encouragement to all our CC Spinners via twitter, fb, instagram and goodreads. We hope you can join us in cheering everyone on to finish another fabulous classics reading experience!
If you’re struggling with your book, let us know. We’ll do everything we can to help you through. Perhaps one of your new moderators has read it, or we can link you up with another Classics Clubber who has.
As always, the prize is the reading experience.
What’s Next?
Tell us below what your number 5 title is:
- Are you feeling thrilled, hesitant or ‘meh’ about your title?
- Check out our ‘Reviews By Members’ page for other Classic Clubbers who may have read your book recently. They may be able to help you if you hit a speedhump in your reading.
- Cheer on your fellow Clubbers.
- Take a pic of your book and pop it on Instagram or twitter.
- If you can — it would be fabulous if everyone posted about their Spin book by the 7th August, 2022.
- Then check back here to share your experience and add your review to our ‘Reviews By Members’ page.
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The Classics Club 
Oh boy – I got The Last of the Mohicans, which I have attempted at least twice before. This time I am determined to get through it!
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Alert! This is highly unusual, in fact, this is the first time EVER, I have already read AND reviewed my spin. That tells you this book is REALLY really good: https://wordsandpeace.com/2022/06/20/book-review-the-bride-wore-black/
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Aristotle’s Ethics! Oh my! https://classicalcarousel.com/classics-club-spin-30/
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I got Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope!
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It’s quite exciting to see what everyone got. I read quite a few of those and they are all good. Enjoy your read, ladies.
The #5 on my llist The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
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Nice, this is a great one!
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I finished and reviewed it in the meantime (see here) but totally forgot to add it here. Sorry.
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Ah… Demian by Hermann Hess! I hope I like it as much as I liked his Siddhartha, and not The Glass Bead Game (Magister Ludi) which I DNF! (Oops!)
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Grapes of Wrath. Finally. I can no longer put it off.
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No reason to it’s so good
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It’s so good! You will be surprised at how it reads!
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My #5 is Misery by Stephen King. A popular book!
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I know My Love by Catherine Gaskin – one of the books I was hoping for!
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I went through a big Gaskin period, but I don’t think I’ve come across that one.
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Good luck with Madame B!
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The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins is a book I’ve owned for years. I’m so excited to read it!
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I loved this book when I first read it – I think you’ll have a great time with it too Joel.
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This is my favorite Collins book.
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Yes, a great one!
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I got The Bride Wore Black (1940), by Cornell Woolrich, I’m thrilled
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A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf….Been wanting to read it for years!
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The best thing about reading this essay is seeing how much progress has been made in the area of women’s rights and equality. The worse thing is seeing how much of it still feels relevant. Woolf was a product of her class as well, which shines through everything she says.
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My book will be Cannery Row by John Steinbeck… and right now, I’m feeling pretty “meh” about it. It’s a book that I’ve been intending to read for years now, but it’s just not really calling to me at the moment. 😦
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From memory it’s not a thick book, so hopefully you can put it aside for a week or two, then try again to find the mojo!
Good luck.
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Thank you! I’ll hold off for a bit and pick it up when the mood seems right!
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Steinbeck can be depressing, but my very faint recollection of Cannery Row is that it is not. However, you might be calling me a liar in a few weeks.
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Cannary Row has some great characters in it! I think you will be pleasantly surprised and entertained by it. John Steinbeck is one of my favorite authors. Although he picks deep subjects, the way he writes and the funny idiosyncrasies he notices in humanity really shine thru in his characters. I hope you enjoy it more than you think.
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Thank you for the encouragement!!
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No. 5 on my list is The Great Gatsby. I am happy with that result… and it is a short book, so I won’t have problems fitting it in.
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It’s a great Fitzgerald book, in my opinion, his only one.
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Pastoral by Nevile Shute is my book for this spin. Very happy with the result!
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This is a Shute I haven’t heard of, so will be curious to hear what you think.
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Oh fun! My spin book is The Sign of the Four, by Arthur Conan Doyle! I will be enjoying some Sherlock Holmes.
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The Sign of Four was on my list too. I hope you enjoy it.
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Really looking forward to reading this one with you Robin!
The SH stories are a lot of fun (welll, the one I’ve read so far :-D)
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Hmm, I’m sure I read that. Have fun!
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My Antonia by Willa Cather. Wouldn’t have been my first choice, but certainly not my last. Actually, I’m quite pleased with it.
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Willa Cather is so good! I hope you enjoy My Antonia.
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so good! Mine is The Bride Wore Black (1940), by Cornell Woolrich
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I loved this story a LOT, so I hope you find your way into Cather’s world too 🙂
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It’s a good one.
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Oh my golly, I got Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens. I was going to read it this year, but …right now? o.O
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It’s a long one, but Dickens is so good. I have had really good luck with his books reading them a chapter-a-day. It helps me enjoy them without being overwhelmed by the length. It’s how his original readers experienced them which I think adds something to the experience.
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Great tip! Love Dickens as well, but never thought of how his original readers experienced his works. He was published in magazines at the time, is that correct?
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A Dickens is always such a commitment!
Good luck & hope you’ve caught up on your jet lag.
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It’s a good one! I’m pretty sure I also have that one on my list. I always include a Dickens with each new list.
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The Mousetrap and Other Plays by Agatha Christie – a great result, I’m delighted.
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Have you seen the play Margaret?
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I have… In fact, you can see it in London again, now that the theatres have reopened. I believe it is the longest running play in history.
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Yes I saw it when I was in London in 1991. It’s amazing it has been going so long.
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Sadly no… I don’t get to London these days.
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I saw the play years ago, although alas, not in London.
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Consider the Lilies by Iain Crichton Smith, a short Scottish novel about the Highland Clearances – good result! Thanks, Spin Gods!
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Glad you got a slim book this spin!
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Me too! 😉
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I’m not familiar with that. I’ll be looking forward to reading your review.
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#5 for me is Madam Bovary and my “bonus” unreadshelf book is The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. I’m OK with these picks.
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